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NoVA, DC Weekend Events: Christmas Market, Holiday Lights, GameFest
Nov. 10-12 weekend happenings in NoVA, DC: holiday markets, Veterans Day events, Film Festival, Santa PJ party, Hard Cider & Doughnut Fest.
VIRGINIA — Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away, but holiday events are starting to pop up around Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C.
There are various events this upcoming weekend, including holiday happenings like Northern Virginia Christmas Market, Lucketts Holiday Open House, Diwali Celebration at National Landing Water Park, opening of the Bull Run Festival of Lights and Meadowlark Winter Walk of Lights, Holiday Craft & Gift Show, Santa Arrival PJ Party and Cherrydale Holiday Art Market.
It's also a time to mark Veterans Day with events like Veterans Day at The National Museum Of The U.S. Army, Veterans Day At The Wall, Veterans Day Observance At The WWII Memorial, Women's Memorial Veterans Day Observance, Mount Vernon Salutes Veterans, Veterans Day at Manassas National Battlefield Park and NOVA Veterans Day Celebration.
Find out what's happening in Old Town Alexandriafor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Other top events include Alexandria Film Festival, Indian Food Tasting Festival, Arlington GameFest, McLean Antiques Show and Arlington Hard Cider & Doughnut Fest.
Below is a full roundup of local events from Friday, Nov. 10 to Sunday, Nov. 12.
Find out what's happening in Old Town Alexandriafor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Friday, Nov. 10
- Northern Virginia Christmas Market, Chantilly (through Nov. 12)
- Alexandria Film Festival, Alexandria (through Nov. 12)
- 2023 Whiskey and Wood Artisan Festival, Fredericksburg (through Nov. 11)
- Honoring All Who Served: Veterans Day at The National Museum Of The U.S. Army, Fort Belvoir (through Nov. 12)
- Lucketts Holiday Open House, Lucketts (through Nov. 12)
- Diwali Celebration at National Landing Water Park, Arlington
- Indian Food Tasting Festival, Sterling
- Bull Run Festival of Lights, Centreville (through Jan. 7)
- Meadowlark Winter Walk of Lights, Vienna (through Jan. 7)
- Photos With Santa, Tysons (through Dec. 24)
- Veterans Day Illumination, Fredericksburg
- Marine Corps Birthday And Veterans Day Events, Triangle
- Taylor Swift v Olivia Rodrigo DJ Night at Union Stage, Washington, DC
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, performed by South Lakes Theatre Arts, Reston (through Nov. 11)
- The Closet's Everything Christmas Sale, Herndon (through Nov. 11)
Saturday, Nov. 11
- Santa Arrival PJ Party, Springfield
- McLean Antiques Show, McLean (through Nov. 12)
- NOVA Veterans Day Celebration, Manassas
- Catoctin Holiday Art Tour, Lovettsville (through Nov. 12)
- Mount Vernon Salutes Veterans, Mount Vernon
- Air Force Veterans Day Ceremony, Arlington
- Arlington Hard Cider & Doughnut Fest, Arlington
- 19th Annual Veterans Day Commemoration, Leesburg
- Christmas Market, Fort Hunt
- Del Ray Vintage and Flea Market, Alexandria
- Pictures with Santa, Fredericksburg
- Cherrydale Holiday Art Market, Arlington
- Celebrate Veterans at Lovettsville Community Park, Lovettsville
- Free Admission For Veterans Day, Great Falls Park
- Photos With Santa, Springfield (through Dec. 24)
- Potomac Valley Watercolorists Annual Fall Show, Arlington (through Nov. 12)
- Holiday Craft & Gift Show, Manassas
- FXBG Women’s Lifestyle Expo, Fredericksburg
- Icelandic Christmas Bazaar, Fairfax
- Asian Beer & Cocktail Festival, Tysons
- City Of Falls Church Veterans Day Ceremony, Tysons
- Veterans Day At The Wall, Washington, DC
- Veterans Day Observance At The WWII Memorial, Washington, DC
- Women's Memorial Veterans Day Observance, Arlington
- Herndon's Veterans Day Observance, Herndon
- Veterans Day at Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas
- Rappahannock Model Railroaders at the Spotsylvania Towne Centre Mall, Fredericksburg
- Patawomeck Craft Market, Fredericksburg
- Thanksgiving Holiday Wine Festival & Luncheon - Exploring The Great Wine, Great Falls
- November Second Saturday Art Walk, Lorton
- Arts on the Horizon November Storytime: Autumn in the Air, Alexandria
- Veterans Day Event - Free Lunch & Movie, Fairfax
- Veterans Day Procession, Fredericksburg
- Holiday Bazaar, Manassas
Sunday, Nov. 12
- Chanukah Boutique, Reston
- Arlington GameFest 2023, Arlington
- 5th Annual Tysons Rotary 5K Turkey Trot, Tysons
- Vienna Community Band Fall Concert, Vienna
- AVFRD Pancake Breakfast, Ashburn
- Ghost Doctors' UFO Tour at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum-Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly
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